Is this the only CS-400E that you have? ( If you have another available you can copy the autoexec.bat and config.sys from a known good state system to this system via the floppy drive that should be located under the keyboard section. )
Additionally unless you really need this networked, you could run this offline and free up base memory by not having the drivers running as TSR's. Base memory is the first 640k of your system RAM. Everything there after is Extended Memory to DOS. If your base memory is too low then programs that require running in base memory will fail and give memory errors of not enough memory even though the system has clearly more than enough.
We had 2 of these CS-400E's and updates were performed manually through the table jog and selection for spacing and polarity pin blinking etc, and programming process which then was saved to 1.44MB Floppy Disk and of which could then be shared with the neighboring CS-400E. Additionally they ran offline as stand alone units and weren't connected to network. So if your able to run these offline, then I'd remove the lines that mount the networking drivers and this will boost your base memory and then it might work for you.
Are you familiar with servicing them and programming them for jogging the table and setting the cut & clinch inward/outward and lead length etc? If your employer is able to send you to Danbury, CT for training, ( if they still offer training on a 23 year old machine ), its so well worth the training. They cover everything from programming it to troubleshooting and fixing it.
Off subject below but might be interesting:
While at Rockwell Automation/ Allen Bradley in Lebanon, NH from 1995 to 2001, I assisted with PCB Production and worked in the Service Department as a Senior Electronics Technician servicing the production boards that failed testing as well as units that people blew up in the field. Going to training was just a 3 hour drive to CT down US 91 South to 84 West. Training for me and another guy was like $2500 each for a 4 day training with their engineers and technical instructors at Contact Systems.
I did pretty much everything there on the production side of things Wave Solder Operator, PCB Assembler on a bench with racks of PCBs and a BOM or by use of the CS-400E's, QC, Rework, Post Wave Assembly, Testing, and Troubleshooting and Fixing, as well as worked with engineering to test new products or new firmware etc, as well as assist them in troubleshooting why a new board spin wasnt working to which it was either a mistake in the design that required them to drill or grind out boards and make a break in an incorrect trace and then leave the drill hole or fill the PCB with epoxy to mask the altered trace. Other fun was in extreme temperature testing with a room that baked boards and products at 150F for 24 hours as well as we would test samples of chips with canned air held upside down to chill chips to see if they are susceptible to extreme cold making them wig out.
Being a jack of all trades and a sponge for as much overtime and opportunities that they sent my way was very beneficial there.
In one situation a Senior ET was out on leave and I saw a need to help out. I created my own boards that made my production test job easier and faster, and I would use my spare time to be helpful. Well work that should have taken 3.5 hours I got done in 1 hour because I made a serial splitter board with opto-isolators driving the serial communications to more than one controller at a time. So instead of downloading over 9600 baud serial to one controller I was mass downloading to 8 at a time. I basically was testing to see if I had one controller connected for RX/TX and others as RX only if a group of same systems at 9600 baud would all successfully get the same download. They did because the TX response from the ones that were RX only from my 8 splitter board were handshaking at the same timing as the single controller in the chain that was both TX/RX. I did this without telling anyone with spare chips I had. All the ETs made their own trick boards and I made this as a 8 controller download splitter.
So long story short, I went home on my lunch break and brought in a old 8088 XT computer and installed the companies test program called Accell to it, and set myself up with an area to grab failed boards and service them. I didnt ask for permission and I basically gave myself a promotion to the position as Senior ET. This one woman named Carol in that department was very happy I came over and helped and the backlog of products to fix were all getting fixed. Come friday though I got caught!
So they said how did you have time to do both jobs. So I shared with them the Serial Splitter board I made, and demonstrated it to them in its perfectly functional and safe to product state. Then i said with my extra time I made by making a long process shorter for testing where the serial download was a long process added up single downloads at a time, that i was able to perform 8 downloads in the time that 1 download took to the controllers known as IMC S-Class Controllers. I decided to take this extra time I made for myself and give it to the benefit of the company by bringing in a spare old computer from home and going to use my skills that the company hasnt really tapped into the full potential of.
I thought I was going to get fired that day. But the plant manager met with me and ran me through a drill of questions. Then the head engineer came in with a grin and asked me questions. Then the engineer got the plant manager to come back in and there was the longest 15 seconds of silence that i was breaking a sweat thinking this is it, im getting fired.
To my surprise the plant manager stated that this situation is a difficult one and Im thinking here we go im fired. He said you took it upon yourself to do a job that isnt your job, but you clearly have the skill set to do the job as Carol thought you were sent to her from your boss to assist and you weren't but you pulled us out of a backlog of broken products and you fixed them all correctly. So another 15 second pause and then how would you like to be a Senior Electronics Technician and get a $5 an hour raise to $13.50 an hour from the $8.50 an hour you were making... WOW
( That was good money back in 1996
)
YES!
... They then said you broke so many rules and regulations that you should have been fired. But because you saved the company from angry customers waiting for their products to be fixed we ( plant manager and head engineer ) feel that you should be rewarded with the position that you obviously have an interest in. However ... the computer you brought in from home and used here with the company software installed on it needs to be wiped clean and that has to leave here immediately! I said I will format the hard drive and show you that no company software leaves this building, however if you want to keep the 8088XT you can as well because it was just a spare of mine. He grinned and this was unusual of a man who was always serious and stern, and said we can buy a new computer and we dont have any need for donated computers being the multi billion dollar company that we are.
So not suggesting at all that you copy my path of self promotion, because it would likely lead to losing a job vs getting a promotion but thought you might find that interesting.
When the Office Space movie came out and they had the "Meeting with the Bobs Promotion scene"... people who knew me and the situation at work getting promoted where most would be fired for pulling what i pulled, additionally i had late attendance issues laying in bed with alarm clock going off with boss calling at home asking if I am coming into work today. I was very much like Peter.
I've corrected my behavior though since then to be more professional and on time as well as not do anything at the risk of getting fired.
I now service and fix automation machinery for the United States Postal Service's letter and package sorting machinery as a Level 10 Electronics Technician at $72,000 per year base salary with some co-workers making 6 figures that enjoy overtime. I made $94,000 last year from soaking up some overtime and been here 9 years. A good job that pays well and good benefits. If your good with electronics the USPS has a need for skilled Electronics Technicians and starting salary is around $60,000 per year. They also dumbed down the 955 Test that is used for Testing for Potential Electronics Technicians.
Our site in White River Junction, VT has a need for a Electronics Technician for 11pm to 7:30am shift and it hasnt been filled yet and its been vacant for 1.5 years. And other sites are also hurting for skilled Electronics Techs. They really need skilled ET's and so if your in the USA and good with basic electronics which is the requirement to pass the test. You could get hired and probably make more than your making at your current job.
